Method and apparatus for improving steam dryness of steam injection boiler

ABSTRACT

The method and an apparatus for improving the steam dryness of a steam injection boiler includes injecting wet saturated steam and gas into an oil layer together in a sealed way, after the dryness of the wet saturated steam at an outlet of the steam injection boiler is improved by a dryness raiser. The dryness raiser includes a combined spray head, a steam heating chamber, a combustion chamber, and a mixing chamber. The gas generated by the combustion chamber enters into the mixing chamber and is fully mixed with the steam from the steam injection boiler. The dryness of the wet saturated steam at the outlet of the steam injection boiler can be improved to 95%-100%, and the effects of improving steam enthalpy, replenishing stratum energy and enlarging the steam wave and size are realized, so as to heat up the oil layer more effectively, and improve heavy oil development.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to the technical domain of thermalrecovery of heavy oil, in particular to a method and an apparatus forimproving the steam dryness of a steam injection boiler, which canreduce thermal loss, improve dryness of injected steam, increase steamenthalpy, replenish stratum energy, and improve oil recovery rate.

2. Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37CFR 1.97 and 37 CFR 1.98.

Presently, the heavy oil recovery method mainly used in China andforeign countries is thermal recovery, which injects thermal energy intothe oil layer, so as to increase oil layer temperature, decrease oilviscosity, improves oil fluidity, and attain the purpose of developmentand production. Steam generators (DC steam injection boilers) are of aspecialized appliance commonly used for heavy oil recovery in China andforeign countries at present, and there are more than 2000 steamgenerators in China. The steam dryness is a key index that has influenceon the steam injection and development effect. The higher the steamdryness is, the higher the steam enthalpy will be, the higher the oilvolume swept by the steam in the oil reservoir will be, and the betterthe development effect will be. At present, limited by the structure ofsteam injection boiler and the quality of supplied water, the steamdryness at the outlet of steam injection boiler is only 70%-75%, and thesteam dryness will be only 30%-40% when the steam is injected to thebottom of the well, owing to the thermal loss in the wellbore, causingseverely degraded thermal recovery effect. To improve steam dryness, asuperheated steam injection boiler is designed, with the followingworking principle: the steam at the outlet of a steam injection boilerenters into a spherical steam-water separator arrange outside of theboiler body for steam-water separation, the separated high-dryness steamis returned to a superheat section of the steam injection boiler and isheated up into superheated steam, the superheated steam flows through aspray-type desuperheater arranged outside of the boiler body and ismixed with the saturated brine separated from the spherical steam-waterseparator, so that the saturated water is vaporized to improve thedryness, and then is injected to the bottom of the well. Though thatmethod avoids salt precipitation in the heat affected area and improvessteam dryness, but the equipment has a complex structure and requiresmany auxiliary devices, and the control is complicated and theproduction cost is very high; if such boilers are used to substitute theexisting steam injection boilers, the existing equipment will be wasted,and the investment is huge.

In addition, thermal recovery of heavy oil mainly employs steamhuff-puff and steam flooding, and belongs to a pressure depletionprocess; as the huff-puff cycles increase and the steam flooding timeextends, the stratum energy will become severely deficient, thedevelopment effect will be degraded, and the recovery rate will bedecreased. The steam injection boiler can't solve the problem of stratumenergy deficit in itself.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the drawbacks described above in the prior art, the presentinvention provides a method and an apparatus for improving the steamdryness of a steam injection boiler, which can improve dryness ofinjected steam, increase steam enthalpy, replenish stratum energy, andimprove oil recovery rate.

A method for improving the steam dryness of a steam injection boiler,comprising: improving the dryness of the wet saturated steam at theoutlet of a steam injection boiler by means of a dryness raiser, andthen injecting the saturated steam together with the gas generated bythe dryness raiser into an oil layer in a sealed way;

wherein, the dryness raiser comprises a combined spray head, a steamheating chamber, a combustion chamber, and a mixing chamber; fuel oiland air are supplied into the combustion chamber by a high-pressure fueloil pump and an air compressor under the control of an automatic controlsystem of the dryness raiser, and are combusted in the combustionchamber; at the same time, the wet saturated steam at the outlet of theboiler enters into the steam heating chamber of the dryness raiser, andis heated up in the steam heating chamber by the high temperaturecreated by the combustion in the combustion chamber; thehigh-temperature and high-pressure gas generated in the combustionchamber enters into the mixing chamber, and is fully mixed in the mixingchamber with the wet saturated steam with increased dryness from thesteam heating chamber, so that the dryness of the wet saturated steam isfurther improved; by controlling the amount of fuel oil with theautomatic control system of the dryness raiser, the dryness of the wetsaturated steam can be improved to 95%-100%, the temperature of the gasand steam mixture can be controlled after mixing, and then the gas andsteam mixture is injected into the oil layer through an steam injectionstring in a sealed way.

The steam heating chamber of the dryness raiser is arranged with a steaminlet on its head end and an annular multi-orifice nozzle on its tailend, the tail end of the combustion chamber communicates with theannular multi-orifice nozzle on the tail end of the steam heatingchamber, and communicates with the mixing chamber.

The mixing chamber of the dryness raiser is arranged with an additionalsteam inlet on its upper end; one branch of the steam supplied from thesteam injection boiler enters into the steam heating chamber through thesteam inlet on the head end of the steam heating chamber, and the otherbranch of the steam supplied from the steam injection boiler enters intothe mixing chamber directly through the additional steam inlet of themixing chamber.

The combustion chamber of the dryness raiser is arranged with apreheating chamber at its head end, and the fuel oil and air arepreheated in the preheating chamber, to facilitate the combustion of thefuel oil in atomized state.

The apparatus for improving the steam dryness of a steam injectionboiler disclosed in the present invention comprises a high-pressure fueloil pump, an air compressor, a dryness raiser, and an automatic controlsystem of the dryness raiser; one steam branch of the steam outlet ofthe steam injection boiler is connected through an oil injection pipe toan automatic control bypath valve, and connected directly through theautomatic control bypath valve to a steam injection well mouth; theother steam branch of the steam outlet is connected through an automaticcontrol valve of the steam inlet to the dryness raiser, the steamdryness is further improved by the dryness raiser, and then the steam isinjected into the steam injection well mouth; the automatic controlsystem of the dryness raiser is connected with an automatic controlsystem of the steam injection boiler; the high-pressure fuel oil pump,the air compressor, and an igniter arranged on the dryness raiser areconnected to the automatic control system of the dryness raiser; thehigh-pressure fuel oil pump and the air compressor are connected to ahigh-pressure fuel oil nozzle and a high-pressure air nozzle on thedryness raiser respectively; an gas-steam outlet of the dryness raiseris connected through an automatic control valve of the gas-steam outletand a check valve to the steam injection well mouth.

The dryness raiser described in the present invention comprises acombined spray head, a steam heating chamber, a combustion chamber, anda mixing chamber, wherein, the combined spray head has a high-pressureair nozzle, an igniter, and a high-pressure fuel oil nozzle, and isconnected to the combustion chamber; the combustion chamber is in acylindrical structure; the steam heating chamber is fitted over thecombustion chamber in a circular form, and has a steam inlet on its headend and an annular multi-orifice nozzle on its tail end; the tail end ofthe combustion chamber communicates with the annular multi-orificenozzle on the tail end of the steam heating chamber, and communicateswith the mixing chamber; the mixing chamber has a gas-steam outlet onits outlet end.

Alternatively, the dryness raiser described in the present invention canbe in the following structure: the dryness raiser comprises a combinedspray head, a steam heating chamber, a combustion chamber, and a mixingchamber, wherein, the combined spray head has a high-pressure airnozzle, an igniter, and a high-pressure fuel oil nozzle, and isconnected to the combustion chamber; the combustion chamber is in acylindrical structure; the steam heating chamber is fitted over thecombustion chamber in a circular form, and has a steam inlet on its headend; the tail end of the combustion chamber communicates with the tailend of the steam heating chamber, and communicates with the mixingchamber; the mixing chamber has a steam inlet on its upper end and agas-steam outlet on its outlet end.

Alternatively, the dryness raiser described in the present invention canbe in the following structure: according to the properties of the fueloil, a preheating chamber is arranged at the head end of the combustionchamber of either dryness raiser described above, to facilitatecombustion of the fuel oil in atomized state, wherein, the preheatingchamber is connected to the combined spray head, the preheating chamberand the combustion chamber are an integral cylindrical structure, thepreheating chamber has holes arranged opposite to each other on its topside and bottom side, and the high-pressure air nozzle, igniter, andhigh-pressure fuel oil nozzle communicate with the combustion chamberthrough the preheating chamber.

The preheating chamber, annular multi-orifice nozzle, steam inlet ofmixing chamber, and mixing chamber involved in the above schemes ofdryness raiser can be used fully or partially in the dryness raiser,according to the specific conditions of implementation; for example, thepreheating chamber can be used or not used, according to the propertiesof the fuel oil; either the annular multi-orifice nozzle on the tail endof the steam heating chamber or the steam inlet of the mixing chambercan be used, or both of them can be used, or neither of them is used ifthe volume of the mixing chamber is large enough; of course, the mixingchamber can be used or not used, depending on the distance to the wellmouth; in addition, in the present invention, the fuel is not limited tofuel oil; for example, fuel gas can be used as the fuel, of course, inthat case, a high-pressure fuel gas pump should be used accordingly; insummary, any ordinary structural variation of such components shall bedeemed as falling in the protected domain of the present invention.

The structural variations of the dryness raiser include, but are notlimited to the forms described above.

Compared to the prior art, the present invention has the followingadvantages:

1. The method and apparatus can effectively improve the steam dryness ofwet saturated steam at the outlet of the steam injection boiler from70%-75% to 95%-100%, and increase steam enthalpy, so that the oil layercan be heated more effectively, and the heavy oil development effect canbe improved;

2. The high-temperature and high-pressure gas generated with the methodand apparatus is injected together with the steam with improved drynessinto the oil layer; thus, the thermal energy loss is reduced, thethermal utilization ratio of energy is improved, and the environmentalpollution resulted from emission of carbon dioxide can be avoided;

3. The high-temperature and high-pressure gas generated with the methodand apparatus contains nitrogen (80%) and carbon dioxide (20%), whichcan effectively supplement the stratum energy and enlarge the sweptvolume of the steam, wherein, the carbon dioxide gas can effectivelychange the fluidity of oil reservoir and attain an effect of decreasingviscosity and pour point; thus, the heavy oil recovery rate can beimproved;

4. The method and apparatus implement reasonable design and compactconformation, and can be used easily with the existing steam injectionboilers for mobile operation; utilizing the existing steam injectionboiler, the steam dryness in thermal recovery of heavy oil can beimproved and an effect of supercharged recovery can be obtained, withoutinvestment in a new superheated steam injection boiler; thus, therecovery cost can be decreased and the oil reservoir recovery rate canbe improved effectively.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a processing apparatus that utilizes themethod disclosed in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a diagram of a first structuralimplementation of the dryness raiser.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a diagram of a second structuralimplementation of the dryness raiser.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a diagram of a third structuralimplementation of the dryness raiser.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a diagram of a fourth structuralimplementation of the dryness raiser.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a diagram of a fifth structuralimplementation of the dryness raiser.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a diagram of a sixth structuralimplementation of the dryness raiser.

Among the drawings: 1—steam injection boiler, 2—automatic control valveof steam outlet of boiler, 3—automatic control valve of steam inlet,4—dryness raiser, 5—discharge valve, 6—automatic control valve ofgas-steam outlet, 7—check valve, 8—automatic control bypass valve,9—automatic control system of steam injection boiler, 10—automaticcontrol system of dryness raiser, 11—fuel oil tank, 12—high-pressurefuel oil pump, 13—air compressor, 14—steam injection well mouth,4.1—steam inlet, 4.2—steam heating chamber, 4.3—combustion chamber,4.4—combined spray head, 4.5—high-pressure air nozzle, 4.6—igniter,4.7—high-pressure fuel oil nozzle, 4.8—preheating chamber, 4.9—annularmulti-orifice nozzle, 4.10—mixing chamber, 4.11—gas-steam outlet,4.12—steam inlet of mixing chamber.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Embodiment 1

Hereunder the present invention will be further detailed with referenceto FIG. 1 and FIG. 2:

The present invention utilizes the principles in combustion,hydrodynamics, heat transfer, and engineering thermodynamics withengineering technology in combination, and designs a method thatutilizes a developed dryness raiser to heat up the wet saturated steamwith 70%-75% dryness at the outlet of a steam injection boiler andimprove the dryness to 95%-100%, and then injects the saturated steamwith improved dryness into the oil layer through an steam injectionstring together with gas in a sealed way. The apparatus mainly comprisesa steam injection boiler 1, a dryness raiser 4, a high-pressure fuel oilpump 12, an air compressor 13, and an automatic control system 10 of thedryness raiser. The steam outlet of the steam injection boiler isconnected to an automatic control valve 3 and an automatic controlbypass valve 8 at the steam inlet of the dryness raiser 4 through asteam injection pipe; the automatic control system 9 of the steaminjection boiler is connected with the automatic control system 10 ofthe dryness raiser, wherein, the automatic control system 9 of the steaminjection boiler and the automatic control system 10 of the drynessraiser are implemented with known techniques in the prior art, andtherefore will not be detailed here; the high-pressure fuel oil pump 12,air compressor 13, igniter 4.6 are connected to the automatic controlsystem 10 of the dryness raiser; the high-pressure fuel oil pump 12 andthe air compressor 13 are connected to a high-pressure fuel oil nozzle4.7 on a combined spray head 4.4 and a high-pressure air nozzle 4.5arranged of the dryness raiser respectively; a gas-steam outlet 4.11arranged on the dryness raiser 4 is connected to a discharge valve 5, anautomatic control valve 6 of the gas-steam outlet, and a check valve 7,and the check valve 7 is connected to a steam injection well mouth 14.

The method is implemented as follows: first, the steam injection boiler1 is started, with the automatic control valve 3 of the steam inlet andthe automatic control valve 6 of the gas-steam outlet of the drynessraiser in closed state, and the automatic control valve 2 and automaticcontrol bypass valve 8 of the steam outlet of the boiler in open state,and, in that state, the steam generated by the steam injection boiler isinjected into the oil well through the automatic control bypass valve 8;after the parameters of the steam injection boiler become normal, thedryness raiser 4 is started, and the automatic control valve 3 anddischarge valve 5 of the steam inlet of the dryness raiser are openedand the automatic control bypass valve 8 is closed at the same time, sothat the dryness raiser 4 operates with preset working parameters, andthe fuel oil in a fuel tank 11 and compressed air are supplied by thehigh-pressure fuel oil pump 12 and air compressor 13 to the drynessraiser 4 under the control of the automatic control system; the fuel oiland air enters into the combustion chamber 4.3 of the dryness raiser 4,ignited by the igniter 4.6 and combusted; when the combustion isdetected by 20 s automatic detection as normal, the automatic controlvalve 6 of the gas-steam outlet is opened automatically and thedischarge valve 5 is closed under program control, so that the drynessraiser 4 in normal operation state improves the dryness of the wetsaturated steam with 70%-75% dryness supplied from the steam injectionboiler to 95%-100%, and then the wet saturated steam with improveddryness is injected together with the gas into the oil layer through asteam injection string in a sealed way.

If the dryness raiser 4 is detected as by 20 s automatic detection asfailed or abnormal after it is started, the high-pressure fuel oil pump12 and air compressor 13 will be shut off automatically, and theautomatic control valve 3 of the steam inlet and the automatic controlvalve 6 of the gas-steam outlet will be closed and the discharge valve 5and automatic control bypass valve 8 will be opened at the same time; inaddition, the failure point will be displayed on the display screen of amonitoring and control system. The restart procedure is the same as theprocedure described above. The steam heating chamber 4.2 around thecombustion chamber 4.3 is heated by the approx. 2000° C. hightemperature created by the combustion in the combustion chamber 4.3, thesaturated water in the wet saturated steam absorbs heat and is vaporizedin the steam heating chamber 4.2, so that the steam dryness is improved;the saturated water cools the outer wall of the combustion chamber 4.3as it absorbs heat and is vaporized, because the saturated water hashigh latent heat of vaporization and the vapor temperature remainsunchanged in the heat absorption and vaporization process of thesaturated water; therefore, the temperature of the outer wall of thecombustion chamber 4.3 will not be too high, and the combustion chamber4.3 of the dryness raiser 4 will not be ablated, which is to say, thecombustion chamber 4.3 can operate safely in a long time. The wetsaturated steam with improved dryness is sprayed by the annularmulti-orifice nozzle 4.9 on the tail end of the steam heating chamber4.2 into the mixing chamber 4.10, and is fully mixed with thehigh-temperature and high-pressured gas generated in the combustionchamber 4.3, most of the saturated water is vaporized instantly underthe heat, and the steam dryness is further improved in the mixingchamber 4.10, for example, to 95%-100%, depending on the volume of fueloil used. In addition, the temperature of the gas-steam mixture can becontrolled, and then the gas-steam mixture is injected into the oillayer through the gas-steam outlet 4.11 and a steam injection string.The design parameters and working parameters of the dryness raiser 4 aredisplayed on the display screen of an automatic control system in realtime and are stored automatically.

The dryness raiser mainly comprises a combined spray head 4.4, a steamheating chamber 4.2, a combustion chamber 4.3, and a mixing chamber4.10, wherein, the combined spray head 4.4 has a high-pressure airnozzle 4.5, an igniter 4.6, and a high-pressure fuel oil nozzle 4.7, andis connected to the combustion chamber 4.3; the combustion chamber 4.3is in a cylindrical structure; the steam heating chamber 4.2 is fittedover the combustion chamber 4.3 in a circular form, and has a steaminlet 4.1 on its head end and an annular multi-orifice nozzle 4.9 on itstail end; the tail end of the combustion chamber 4.3 communicates withthe annular multi-orifice nozzle 4.9 on the tail end of the steamheating chamber 4.2, and communicates with the mixing chamber 4.10; themixing chamber 4.10 has a gas-steam outlet 4.11 on its outlet end, andthe gas-steam outlet 4.11 is connected through a discharge valve 5, agas-steam automatic control valve 6, and a check valve 7 to a steaminjection string.

Embodiment 2 Embodiment 1

Hereunder the present invention will be further detailed with referenceto FIG. 1 and FIG. 3:

The difference between this embodiment and embodiment 1 is: the annularmulti-orifice nozzle 4.9 on the tail end of the steam heating chamber4.2 of the dryness raiser 4 is omitted, and an additional steam inlet4.12 is arranged on the upper end of the mixing chamber 4.10; one branchof steam supplied from the steam injection boiler enters into the steamheating chamber 4.2 through the steam inlet 4.1, and the other branch ofsteam supplied from the steam injection boiler directly enters into themixing chamber 4.10. With this scheme, the gas and steam can be fullymixed, the steam dryness can be improved to 95%-100%, and the object ofthe present invention can also be attained.

Embodiment 3 Embodiment 1

Hereunder the present invention will be further detailed with referenceto FIG. 1 and FIG. 4:

The difference between this embodiment and embodiment 1 is: the annularmulti-orifice nozzle 4.9 on the tail end of the steam heating chamber4.2 of the dryness raiser 4 is omitted, and the mixing chamber 4.10 isextended outwards to enlarge its volume, so that the gas from thecombustion chamber can be fully mixed with the steam from the steaminjection boiler and the steam dryness can be improved to 95%-100%; ofcourse, the mixing chamber can be in a horn shape, cone shape, orcylinder shape, not limited to the structure illustrated in thedrawings. With this scheme, the gas and steam can also be mixed fully,and the object of the present invention can also be attained.

Embodiment 4 Embodiment 1

Hereunder the present invention will be further detailed with referenceto FIG. 1, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG. 7:

The difference between this embodiment and embodiment 1 is: a preheatingchamber 4.8 is arranged at the head end of the combustion chamber 4.3 ofthe dryness raiser 4, according to the properties of the fuel; otherstructural changes can also be implemented in this embodiment, similarto the case of embodiment 2 or embodiment 3. The object of the presentinvention can also be attained with this scheme.

The preheating chamber 4.8, annular multi-orifice nozzle 4.9, steaminlet 4.12 of mixing chamber, and mixing chamber 4.10 involved in theabove schemes of the dryness raiser 4 can be used fully or partially inthe dryness raiser 4, according to the specific conditions ofimplementation; for example, the preheating chamber 4.8 can be used ornot used, according to the properties of the fuel oil; either theannular multi-orifice nozzle 4.9 on the tail end of the steam heatingchamber 4.2 or the steam inlet 4.12 of the mixing chamber can be used,or both of them can be used, or neither of them is used if the volume ofthe mixing chamber 4.2 is large enough; of course, the mixing chamber4.10 can be used or not used, depending on the distance to the wellmouth; in addition, in the present invention, the fuel is not limited tofuel oil; for example, fuel gas can be used as the fuel, of course, inthat case, a high-pressure fuel gas pump and a fuel gas pipeline insteadof a fuel oil tank should be used accordingly; such structures arewell-known by those skilled in the art.

The structural variations of the dryness raiser 4 include, but are notlimited to the forms described in above embodiments and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and any ordinary structural variation shallbe deemed as falling in the protection domain of the present invention.

1. A method for improving steam dryness of a steam injection boiler,comprising the steps of: setting dryness of wet saturated steam at anoutlet of a steam injection boiler by a dryness raiser; and injectingthe saturated steam together with gas generated by said dryness raiserinto an oil layer in a sealed way; wherein said dryness raisercomprises: a combined spray head, a steam heating chamber, a combustionchamber, and a mixing chamber, wherein fuel oil and air are suppliedinto said combustion chamber by a high pressure fuel oil pump and an aircompressor under control of an automatic control system of said drynessraiser, wherein fuel oil and air are combusted in said combustionchamber, wherein said wet saturated steam at said outlet of said boilerenters into said steam heating chamber of said dryness raiser (4) at asame time as said fuel oil and air are combusted, wherein said setsaturated steam is heated in said steam heating chamber by heat createdby combustion in said combustion chamber, wherein gas generated in saidcombustion chamber enters into said mixing chamber, and mixes in saidmixing chamber with said wet saturated steam with increased dryness fromsaid steam heating chamber, and wherein dryness of the wet saturatedsteam is further improved by controlling an amount of fuel oil with saidautomatic control system, dryness of said wet saturated steam beingimproved to 95%-100%, a temperature of a gas-steam mixture beingcontrolled after mixing, said gas-steam mixture being injected into saidoil layer through an steam injection string in a sealed way.
 2. Themethod for improving the steam dryness of a steam injection boileraccording to claim 1, further comprising the following steps: (a)starting up a steam injection boiler with an automatic control valve ofa steam inlet, an automatic control valve of a gas-steam outlet inclosed state, an automatic-control valve, and an automatic-controlbypass valve of the steam outlet of the boiler in open state, whereinsteam generated by said steam injection boiler is injected through theautomatic control bypass valve into an oil well; (b) after parameters ofsaid steam injection boiler become normal, starting said dryness raiser,opening said automatic control valve and a discharge valve of the steaminlet, closing said automatic control bypass valve, operating saiddryness raiser with preset working parameters, and controlling the fueloil pump and air compressor with said automatic control system of saiddryness raiser to supply the fuel oil in a fuel oil tank and compressedair to said dryness raiser, wherein fuel oil and air enter into thecombustion chamber, ignite by an igniter, and are combusted in saidcombustion chamber, wherein, when combustion is detected as normal, saidautomatic control valve of said gas-steam outlet opens and saiddischarge valve closes, said dryness raiser in normal operation stateimproving dryness of the wet saturated steam supplied from the steaminjection boiler to 95%-100%, and wherein said wet saturated steam withimproved dryness is mixed with gas generated from combustion in saiddryness raiser and then injected together with said gas into said oillayer through a steam injection string in a sealed way.
 3. The methodfor improving the steam dryness of a steam injection boiler according toclaim 1, wherein, said steam heating chamber is arranged with a steaminlet on a head end thereof and an annular multi-orifice nozzle on atail end thereof, and wherein said tail end of said combustion chambercommunicates with the annular multi-orifice nozzle on said tail end ofsaid steam heating chamber and the mixing chamber.
 4. The method forimproving the steam dryness of a steam injection boiler according toclaim 1, wherein, said mixing chamber is provided with an additionalsteam inlet on an upper end thereof, wherein a branch of the steamsupplied from said steam injection boiler enters into said steam heatingchamber through said steam inlet on said head end of said steam heatingchamber, and wherein another branch of steam supplied from said steaminjection boiler enters into said mixing chamber directly through saidsteam inlet of said mixing chamber.
 5. The method for improving thesteam dryness of a steam injection boiler according to claim 1, wherein,said combustion chamber is arranged with a preheating chamber at a headend thereof, and wherein fuel oil and air are preheated in thepreheating chamber, facilitating combustion of the fuel oil in atomizedstate.
 6. An apparatus for improving the steam dryness of a steaminjection boiler, comprising: a fuel oil pump; an air compressor; adryness raiser; and an automatic control system of said dryness raiser,wherein one steam branch of a steam outlet of a steam injection boileris connected through an oil injection pipe to an automatic controlbypath valve and connected directly through said automatic controlbypath valve to a steam injection well mouth, wherein another steambranch of said steam outlet is connected through an automatic controlvalve of said steam inlet to said dryness raiser, steam dryness beingimproved by said dryness raiser, said steam being injected into saidsteam injection well mouth, wherein said automatic control system isconnected with an automatic control system of said steam injectionboiler, wherein said fuel oil pump, said air compressor, and an igniterarranged on said dryness raiser are connected to said automatic controlsystem, wherein said fuel oil pump and said air compressor are connectedto a fuel oil nozzle on said dryness raiser and an air nozzlerespectively, and wherein an gas-steam outlet of said dryness raiser isconnected through an automatic control valve of the gas-steam outlet anda check valve to said steam injection well mouth.
 7. The apparatus forimproving the steam dryness as set forth in claim 6, wherein saiddryness raiser comprises: a combined spray head; a steam heatingchamber; a combustion chamber; and a mixing chamber, wherein, saidcombined spray head has an air nozzle, an igniter, and a fuel oilnozzle, said combined spray head being connected to said combustionchamber, wherein said combustion chamber is in a cylindrical structure,wherein said steam heating chamber is fitted over said combustionchamber in a circular form and has a steam inlet on a head end thereofand an annular multi-orifice nozzle on a tail end thereof, and whereinsaid tail end of said combustion chamber communicates with the annularmulti-orifice nozzle on a tail end of said steam heating chamber andwith said mixing chamber said mixing chamber having a gas-steam outleton an outlet end thereof.
 8. The apparatus for improving the steamdryness as set forth in claim 6, wherein said dryness raiser comprises:a combined spray head; a steam heating chamber; a combustion chamber;and a mixing chamber, wherein, said combined spray head has an airnozzle, an igniter, and a fuel oil nozzle, said combined spray headbeing connected to said combustion chamber, wherein said combustionchamber is in a cylindrical structure, wherein said steam heatingchamber is fitted over said combustion chamber in a circular form andhas a steam inlet on a head end, wherein a tail end of combustionchamber communicates with said tail end of said steam heating chamberand said mixing chamber, said mixing chamber having an steam inlet on anupper end thereof and a gas-steam outlet on an outlet end thereof. 9.The apparatus for improving the steam dryness according to claim 7,wherein, said combustion chamber of said dryness raiser is arranged witha preheating chamber at a head end thereof, wherein said preheatingchamber is connected to said combined spray head, wherein saidpreheating chamber and said combustion chamber are an integralcylindrical structure, said preheating chamber having holes arrangedopposite to each other on a top side and bottom side thereof, andwherein said air nozzle, igniter, and fuel oil nozzle communicate withsaid combustion chamber through said preheating chamber.
 10. Theapparatus for improving the steam dryness according to claim 8, wherein,said combustion chamber is arranged with a preheating chamber at a headend thereof, wherein said preheating chamber is connected to saidcombined spray head, wherein said preheating chamber and said combustionchamber are an integral cylindrical structure, said preheating chamberhaving holes opposite to each other on a top side and bottom sidethereof, and wherein said air nozzle, igniter, and said fuel oil nozzlecommunicate with said combustion chamber through said preheatingchamber.